Well finally have the license to keep chickens is in my hands……
The Inspector came out to my home this past Monday unannounced, but luckily I was home (he was very friendly). Unfortunately I wasn’t informed that I would have to build the coop and run, before I could obtain the license. In which that doesn’t make any sense to me. What if they had told me no? Then I would have this coop and run, in which I would of purchased some pheasants (no license needed for those..lol).
He also informed me, that one of my neighbors were against the idea. Reason being, they didn’t want my chickens to be loose because of their dogs and cats may kill them. Please explain this to me, it’s my yard but your saying no because your pets come into my yard and may kill my hens, but you don’t want my chickens to come into yours???...lol We both laughed about that.
But fortunately for me, when I submitted my application to the city I gave them a very detailed layout of my intentions. Including a aerial view of property (thanks to google earth), plus dimensions of property, with footage from each neighbors property lines. So since I didn’t have my coop up yet, he told me that since everything else was in order (the location of coop, etc..) and we got a big laugh about the neighbors. He would talked to his supervisor and if she approved, would send me my permit in the mail (I also will have to call him to come out, once coop is done).
Guess what I received in the mail today?
P.S. He also asked me, how many chickens were I planning on having? I told him 6, he told me I could have 8. Didn’t tell him I already ordered 7, guess I’ll have to add another one….lol
The Inspector came out to my home this past Monday unannounced, but luckily I was home (he was very friendly). Unfortunately I wasn’t informed that I would have to build the coop and run, before I could obtain the license. In which that doesn’t make any sense to me. What if they had told me no? Then I would have this coop and run, in which I would of purchased some pheasants (no license needed for those..lol).
He also informed me, that one of my neighbors were against the idea. Reason being, they didn’t want my chickens to be loose because of their dogs and cats may kill them. Please explain this to me, it’s my yard but your saying no because your pets come into my yard and may kill my hens, but you don’t want my chickens to come into yours???...lol We both laughed about that.
But fortunately for me, when I submitted my application to the city I gave them a very detailed layout of my intentions. Including a aerial view of property (thanks to google earth), plus dimensions of property, with footage from each neighbors property lines. So since I didn’t have my coop up yet, he told me that since everything else was in order (the location of coop, etc..) and we got a big laugh about the neighbors. He would talked to his supervisor and if she approved, would send me my permit in the mail (I also will have to call him to come out, once coop is done).
Guess what I received in the mail today?
P.S. He also asked me, how many chickens were I planning on having? I told him 6, he told me I could have 8. Didn’t tell him I already ordered 7, guess I’ll have to add another one….lol
